Adam Bazaldua
Despite pleas from Mayor Eric Johnson and District 12 Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn, the Dallas City Council set the property tax ceiling — the highest possible rate that can be adopted — at 73.93 cents per $100 assessed valuation, as proposed by City Manager T.C. Broadnax. The council will vote on the tax rate and budget…
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Five Dallas City Council members filed a memo Aug. 3 requesting the City Plan Commission “reopen and modernize” the city’s antiquated parking code. The discussion has stalled since District 1 Councilman Chad West originally filed a memo almost four years ago. The delay is due in part to the promotion of a “car-centric mentality of…
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It wasn’t long after the vote was taken to ban short-term rentals in Dallas’ single-family neighborhoods that STR operators took to social media to throw down the gauntlet. “Let the lawsuits begin,” one Airbnb host wrote. A chief argument from District 1 Councilman Chad West, who proposed an alternative to the“Keep It Simple Solution,” was…
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An asphalt plant that Joppa neighbors claim has been emitting harmful pollutants will shut down at the end of the month. Company officials with Dallas-based Austin Bridge and Road announced last week they would cease operations June 26 and remove equipment from the site southeast of downtown Dallas in City Council District 7. The issue…
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The City of Dallas has about $32 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to spend this budget year. The HUD funds will go toward housing programs covered by the city’s Community Development Block Grant program and Home Investment Partnerships Program, among other initiatives. City Council members were briefed Wednesday on how they…
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